TikTok is 'severely damaging' young people — unlike its Chinese equivalent, 'The Anxious Generation' author tells BI
Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok, is very different and "much more pro-social," NYU professor Jonathan Haidt told Business Insider in Davos.
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Are Cell Phones Really Destroying Kids’ Mental Health?
How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness has set off alarms and panic from local school ...
TikTok is back — and it's harming kids ‘at an industrial scale,' says psychologist
After briefly going dark in the U.S., TikTok is back following an executive order. That's not good for young users, says ...
Rise in mental health diagnoses linked to smartphones, doctor says
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt joins TODAY's Savannah Guthrie for a conversation around his new documentary “The Coddling ...
‘Mollycoddling’ to blame for Gen Z’s anxiety issues, Rugby headmaster says
Gareth Parker-Jones condemns overprotective parenting for creating mental health problems among risk-averse young workers ...
Psychology Today17d
Playing with Anxiety
The rise of childhood anxiety has been attributed to overprotective parenting, use of social media, and diminished play. Polyvagal theory explains why—and how to reverse the trend.
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‘Let’s give our kids what they truly need’: West Seattle event on phones and youth mental health draws hundreds
By Aspen Anderson Reporting for West Seattle Blog Around 200 West Seattle parents and community members attended a discussion ...
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How to Save Your Kids from a ‘Phone-Based Childhood’
Is your child living a "phone-based childhood"? Although some schools are slowly implementing rules around technology use ...
Opinion
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Overprotection stifling Generation Z
Jonathan Haidt is an American social psychologist with a flair for writing provocative books that reach a large audience. The ...